Net Worth: $95 Million

About Pete Cashmore

Scottish blogger, CEO and founder of the popular blog Mashable, Pete Cashmore has a net worth of $95 million (£60m) as of May 2012, according to the Sunday Times UK Rich List. At the age of 19 he started Mashable, which soon brought in £2,000 advertising revenue a month. It is now the must-read blog that looks at developments in the fields of the internet, gadgets and computer technology. Most of his monthly 20 million web visitors are young adults with money to spend. Born September 18, 1985 in Scotland, Cashmore now divides his time between Scotland and United States. In 2012, Cashmore made Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people. He now writes a weekly column on technology and social media at CNN.